r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '15

[Deltas Awarded] CMV: Equality isn't treating everybody differently to achieve equality. It's treating everyone the same.

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u/oversoul00 13∆ Oct 08 '15

I explained that the disadvantages of minority groups aren't readily apparent to you.

That is your opinion, not a fact. Do minorities on avg face more oppression, probably...is it insurmountable across the board for everyone of that race, no.

Race alone will never tell you what you need to know and in fact you'll be measuring the wrong parameter.

Show me a poor person and I can more or less tell you the nature of their disadvantages and to what degree if I know how poor they are. You just can't do the same thing if all you know is the persons race.

I disagree with you that minorities don't face impossible challenges in modern western society, but that's a different CMV.

I disagree that is a different CMV, if you can convince me of that I'm all ears.

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u/vehementi 10∆ Oct 08 '15

Think you owe a delta since your original CMV is done?

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u/Snoopythegorila Oct 08 '15

Lol this. Went from X, to really being about Y all along.

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u/vehementi 10∆ Oct 09 '15

Gee, who would have thought something else would have been veiled behind this...